Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

A memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most high-profile accusers, will be published later this year following her death in April.

The launch of Elon Musk’s giant Starship rocket was called off late on Sunday, following a glitch in their ground system. SpaceX announced that it was standing down from the scheduled test at its Starbase complex in Texas to “allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems”. No new launch date has yet been set. It was the tenth attempt to fly the colossal rocket, which at 403ft (123 metres) towers above Nasa’s Saturn V that carried astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. Of the nine previous uncrewed launches since April 2023, failures have outnumbered successes.…

Sanders has long voiced opposition to U.S. weapons sales to Israel, pressing for restrictions as the civilian toll in Gaza rises.

The number of immigrants living in the United States has fallen by more than one million since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, ending over half a century of steady growth.

US defence officials have prevented Ukraine from using American-supplied long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia since late spring.

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from withholding funds from 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, in a ruling that widens an earlier order. The decision, issued on Friday by Judge William Orrick in San Francisco, extends protections to major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque. Orrick, an appointee of Barack Obama, had previously ruled it unconstitutional for the administration to freeze funding for jurisdictions with sanctuary policies, siding with cities such as San Francisco, Sacramento, Minneapolis and Seattle that had challenged President Trump’s executive orders. Those cities…

US immigration authorities have said they intend to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, after the Salvadorian national declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty to human smuggling charges and remaining in jail. The proposal was made late on Thursday, shortly before Ábrego’s release from a Tennessee jail the following day. He refused the deal and was freed on Friday to await trial in Maryland with his family. Later that day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informed his lawyers that he would be deported to Uganda and must report to immigration authorities…

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe  was admitted to hospital on Saturday, a day after he was charged with misusing public funds to pay for private international travel. The 76-year-old, who was remanded in custody on Friday, is accused of using state money to cover expenses for a two-day trip to the United Kingdom in September 2023. The visit was to attend a ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton, where his wife was awarded an honorary professorship. Wickremesinghe has denied any wrongdoing, insisting that his wife bore her own travel costs. The visit took place after his return from the…

Wildfires sweep CaliforniaMultiple wildfires have erupted across California as the state endures its most intense heatwave of the year, with conditions expected to persist through the weekend. The largest blaze, the Pickett fire, surged in size on Thursday in a remote part of Napa County and had scorched more than 3,200 acres (850 hectares) by Friday afternoon. Authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings for hundreds of residents around Calistoga, a wine-producing city in the region. Firefighters reported containment at just 5% as they battled the flames in extreme heat and rugged terrain. “Firefighter safety will be an emphasis once again…

Veldkamp, a former ambassador to Israel, announced his departure on Friday evening following a tense cabinet meeting which ended in deadlock.